Second Chef - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider is seeking a passionate Second Chef to create nutritious meals with seasonal ingredients. The role combines culinary skills with a focus on resident wellbeing, offering a rewarding work-life balance and the chance to work in a caring environment that prioritizes quality and hospitality.

Benefits

Rewarding Excellence bonus

Refer a friend scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Free access to medical specialists

Confidential counselling and legal services

Tax code review service

Option to join monthly staff lottery

Qualifications

• Qualified Chef with a warm and personable approach toward residents.
• Good understanding of nutrition and experience with seasonal food.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Head Chef in menu development and manage the kitchen in their absence.
• Create high-quality dishes while maintaining budget and efficiency.

Skills

Personable approach

Warm approach

Understanding of nutrition

Experience with fresh, seasonal food

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent

Job description

This role is for a Second Chef at a care home operated by Barchester Healthcare. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with fresh, seasonal ingredients to create nutritious and flavorful meals for the residents, while also enjoying a better work-life balance compared to a traditional hotel or restaurant setting.

Main duties of the job

As a Second Chef at Barchester, you will assist the Head Chef in developing menus, working with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes. You will be responsible for managing the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence, creating a warm and efficient environment, and working within a budget. The role requires a personable and warm approach, a good understanding of nutrition and HACCP, and experience working with fresh, seasonal food.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of healthcare services in the UK, operating 224 care homes and hospitals across the country. The company is known for its commitment to quality care, having received a two-star outstanding rating from Best Companies and being ranked among the top 20 best health and social care companies to work for in the UK.

Job responsibilities

Are you a qualified Chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work life balance and make what you do matter? Working as a Second Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality. Here at Barchester, we work with an open, honest, supportive approach, where quality of care is at the heart of everything we do. As sector leading healthcare experts, we are proud to have the highest quality ratings across our 224 homes and hospitals across the UK. Barchester have proudly been awarded a two-star outstanding rating by Best Companies, ranked 11th in the top 20 Best Health & Social Care Companies to work for and 14th in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

NEED TO HAVE A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent A good understanding of nutrition Experience of working with fresh seasonal food The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home Confidence engaging with residents to create appetising and nutritious menus Good understanding of HACCPNEED TO DO Manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence Assist Head Chef in menu development Work with fresh produce to deliver high quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest quality and standards Create a warm, efficient and fun environment Work within budget Complete regular audits Manage stock control REWARDS PACKAGE Rewarding Excellence bonus, meaning you will be financially rewarded by up to £500* for a Good or Outstanding CQC inspection Unlimited access to our generous refer a friend scheme, earning up to £500* per referral Access to a wide range of retail and leisure discounts at big brands and supermarkets Free access to medical specialists, who are available for a second opinion if you need it to make a decision with confidence Confidential and free access to counselling and legal services Tax code review service, where we will check that you are on the right code and paying the right level of tax Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside thousands of colleagues across the UK*Terms & conditions apply

If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who love to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents, City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent, a good understanding of nutrition, and experience working with fresh, seasonal food.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.